During the war years, the 40's, my father being an a succesfull business
guy, a shoemaker with only a basic education that enabeled him to scribble
his name and that was about it, got the contract to repair all the army
boots in our province of Saskatchewan, he and a helper dragged this long
15'long machine, called a finishing machine that was used to sand the edges
off the new soles and heels, it had a long 1 1/2" shaft that was some how
hooked to a pulley and then a big belt and then to a rim less the tire on
his jacked up GMC to power the thing, after the war years he had a shop and
had the contract to block and repair all the R.C.M.P. Boots in Saskatchewan.
I am sure he used a throttle pull knob as well I know that gas was
rationed, but he got special coupons for fuel. Just a bit of
memories.........d.
----- Original Message -----
From: "wayne osborne" <wayne@chevytrucks.org>
To: <Mask1966@aol.com>; <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] throttle pull knob
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